A series of skin and soft tissue infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in HIV-infected patients [2]

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-127

  Anderson, Evan J ^a,b   Hawkins, Claudia ^a   Bolonn, Maureen K ^a   Palella Jr , Frank J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CD4 ANTIGEN; CLINDAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANATOMY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; DRAIN; DRUG USE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCISION; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUTROPENIA; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 28944450726     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000192004.08153.ea     Document Type: Letter

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